Acts 6:13

Then they put forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against the holy place and against the law.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

In Context

12They also stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. So they came up to Stephen, seized him, and brought him to the Sanhedrin.

14For we heard him saying that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

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Cross References

Acts 6:11Then they induced some men to say, “We heard Stephen speaking blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”

Acts 21:28crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. Furthermore, he has even brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

Hebrews 7:12For when the priesthood is changed, the law must also be changed.

Matthew Henry on Acts 6:9-15

Stephen's Address. 8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. 9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. 10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. 11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. 12 And they stirred up the… Read the whole commentary →

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